Loose Women: From Janet Street Porter to Katie Price, see the Loose Women panel in their younger years.

“I genuinely felt I didn’t want to get married again. Nick and I had been together for a couple of years or so, and he said, ‘You know you keep saying never again… it makes me feel really bad that you don’t want to marry me’.”

Andrea, who was previously married to Nick Green and Steve Toms, went on: “To just dismiss it like that is quite insulting and I hadn’t considered that.

“It was the kids that made us change our mind, they really wanted that security. Hopefully third time lucky.”

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Loose Women: Andrea McLean said her kids persuaded her

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Loose Women: Andrea McLean has been married twice before

Katie, 39, then pressed her on when their nuptials could happen, to which she added: “Quite soon, maybe [this year].”

The latest instalment also marked Janet’s 500th episode and she was grilled by the trio on her background, before being surprised by pal Eamonn Holmes.